Israel retaliated in Gaza, killing eight people.Donald Rumsfeld, America's secretary of defence, visited Baghdad.
Visiting Tokyo in October, John Kerry, the secretary of state, and Chuck Hagel, the secretary of defence, pointedly visited Chidorigafuchi National Cemetery in Tokyo as an alternative to Yasukuni.
After William Cohen, America's defence secretary, visited Nigeria last April, the Americans signed a $10m defence package.
He [Hu] unveiled a stealth fighter plane just as our secretary of defence was visiting.
One of the leading Czech parliamentary opponents to US missile defence is visiting London this week.
The Chinese defence minister visited just before the elections to agree to modernise Kenya's armed forces.
The secretary of state, John Kerry, came to Warsaw last November and the secretary of defence, Chuck Hagel, visited in January.
The US Secretary of Defence Robert Gates visiting Bahrain last week-end to counsel moderation said there had been only "baby steps" towards reform.
Shortly before Russia's defence minister visited Tehran last December, the Russian government declared invalid a previous secret undertaking, given to America, that it would suspend arms sales to Iran.
Chamanlal Gupta, India's junior defence minister, visited the scene and said the dead militant was carrying a Kalashnikov assault rifle which was marked with the words "Mujahedeen Cassette House, Lahore".
